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. >> when i become president of the united states, we will stop it. i will not cut our commitment to our military. >> reporter: but even some romney supporters have urged him to provide more specifics about how he'll cut trillions and keep defense spending intact. he starts by scaling back health care reform. >> there are other programs that some people like, i even like that we're going to have to cut or eliminate. >> reporter: he gave me a long list of cuts, no more money for amtrak, pbs or national endowment for arts. and the federal work force will not be spared either. >> we'll slowly through attrition reduce government employment by 10%. that saves about $40 billion a year. we have $500 billion in savings per year. that combined with the growing economy at 4% gets us to a balanced budget. >> this retired colonel and romney supporter said he's sold. >> i think the think that resonated the most with me was the fact that he got very specific about how important the economy is to our national security, and then how that translates into support for v
. >> when i become president of the united states, we will stop it. i will not cut our commitment to our military. >> reporter: but even some romney supporters have urged him to provide more specifics about how he'll cut trillions and keep defense spending intact. he starts by scaling back health care reform. >> there are other programs that some people like, i even like that we're going to have to cut or eliminate. >> reporter: he gave me a long list of cuts, no more...
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flag and shouted anti american slogans they are calling the attack shameful, for the united states. >> meanwhile sikhs around the world are mourning after yesterday's attack. leaders in oak creek wisconsin read the names of the six people killed during a special service they also thanked local police officers for their heroism. >> all the members of the family whose dear ones have been victimized and killed in this sinceless tragedy. then i would like to thank the police department, oak creek police department, and i agree with the chief if the shooter was not killed there probably would have been many more casualties. >>> the sikh temple of wisconsin started in 1997 in several community halls. to understand the sikh religion and impact it is having on their community are with the sikh council, thank you both for being here we appreciate this. mandeep i would like to start with you. the latest reports say this appears to be a hate crime the suspect had ties to this skinhead music movement, you have to be troubled, 10 years after 9/11 people are still confused and mistaking members of
flag and shouted anti american slogans they are calling the attack shameful, for the united states. >> meanwhile sikhs around the world are mourning after yesterday's attack. leaders in oak creek wisconsin read the names of the six people killed during a special service they also thanked local police officers for their heroism. >> all the members of the family whose dear ones have been victimized and killed in this sinceless tragedy. then i would like to thank the police department,...
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british prime ministers from winston churchill and margaret thatcher -- >> thank the united states. >> reporter: to tony blair. over the past 70 years, high profile meetings were largely held away from public view. >> there's no substitute for face to face meetings, getting to know people, and even making assessments of them, whether this is somebody you can trust, seeing what their strengths and weaknesses are. >> reporter: every president since roosevelt has made use of the camp, after it was converted from a federal employee camp in the second world war. >> the secret service was concerned about president roosevelt being on his yacht and they were looking for a land base, and early after the president moved in, he changed the name. >> reporter: president eisenhower renamed it camp david after his father and grandson. after his term, president john k. kennedy conferred with eisenhower during the cuban missile crisis. in 1978, president jimmy carter brokered a peace agreement between egypt and israel. the kennedys were frequent visitors and ronald reagan spent more time there than an
british prime ministers from winston churchill and margaret thatcher -- >> thank the united states. >> reporter: to tony blair. over the past 70 years, high profile meetings were largely held away from public view. >> there's no substitute for face to face meetings, getting to know people, and even making assessments of them, whether this is somebody you can trust, seeing what their strengths and weaknesses are. >> reporter: every president since roosevelt has made use...
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the congress in the united states has a final say to vote the referendum up or down and hope that they will decide to take it back. >> reporter: the plan could not only give d.c. leaders full control of the budget, but also keep federal budget issues separate. >> it would keep federal disagreements over whatever issues are unrelated to the district government that result in a threat of or actual shutdown of the district government. the federal government tries to work out the disagreements. >> reporter: on the hill, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton made progress on budget autonomy. the council continues to support the efforts but believe that it's time to try something new. >> it allows us to produce a clean bill on our own. >> reporter: congresswoman norton's office issued legal issues it might be a risk and she'll continue to work with her allies on the hill to pass a budget autonomy bill, will. >> and that is a fight you will continue to cover for us. thank you. >> uh-huh. >> a major victory for democrats. the judge blocked the voter i.d. law from going into effect election's day
the congress in the united states has a final say to vote the referendum up or down and hope that they will decide to take it back. >> reporter: the plan could not only give d.c. leaders full control of the budget, but also keep federal budget issues separate. >> it would keep federal disagreements over whatever issues are unrelated to the district government that result in a threat of or actual shutdown of the district government. the federal government tries to work out the...
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more effective way than i did in a setting like that. >> when you're president of the united states, you are president of all the people. not just the people who voted for you. >> that tape was secretly recorded during a fund-raiser at a private home in boca raton. supporters payed $50,000 to attend. it came to light after an opposition researcher tracked down the person who shot and it broker the tape's release to the liberal magazine mother jones. the researcher is the grandson of former president jimmy carter. >>> there is a dramatic shift in the latest poll for the critical swing state of virginia. a new "washington post" survey out today shows president obama with a clear lead. the poll of more than 800 likely voters finds the president with an eight-point lead over mitt romney. the president is holding the campaign rally at the stadium in wood bridge. it is free but advance tickets are required. ticket pick-up began this morning at the stadium and at the president's campaign offices in wood bridge and manassas. a steady stream of people showed up for their chance to see the pre
more effective way than i did in a setting like that. >> when you're president of the united states, you are president of all the people. not just the people who voted for you. >> that tape was secretly recorded during a fund-raiser at a private home in boca raton. supporters payed $50,000 to attend. it came to light after an opposition researcher tracked down the person who shot and it broker the tape's release to the liberal magazine mother jones. the researcher is the grandson of...
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. >> the next president of the united states, mitt romney. >> reporter: campaigning with south carolina governor, nicky haley, mitt romney stumped in the palmetto state where he leads in the polls and is defending his time. >> mitt romney helped create and ran a company that invested in struggling businesses. grew new ones and rebuilt old ones. >> reporter: newt gingrich campaigning inflafla changed romney's claim of creating jobs. >> the idea that a candidate can make a claim and yell foul the minute you ask him to prove it is silly. >> reporter: gingrich's attacks were praised by the afl-cio. rick santorum said firms like bane capitol are an important part of the free market system. >> and that does not necessarily mean you want your boss running for president. >> reporter: rick perry -- perry nailed the target but looks like he may have shot himself in the foot and when he said he would like to eliminate the departments of commerce, energy, and interior. perry listed the department of education not interior. it's unsure if four federal agencies and not three are on the chopping block
. >> the next president of the united states, mitt romney. >> reporter: campaigning with south carolina governor, nicky haley, mitt romney stumped in the palmetto state where he leads in the polls and is defending his time. >> mitt romney helped create and ran a company that invested in struggling businesses. grew new ones and rebuilt old ones. >> reporter: newt gingrich campaigning inflafla changed romney's claim of creating jobs. >> the idea that a candidate can...
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states the drivers over passengers in a very precarious situation. so, i think they were trying to get an officer up there to close it. i was curious to see if matt ackland could tell us. is matt on the phone? i think -- not on the phone anymore, to see if they were able to get the roots closed. you did hear matt saying the road is no clear of the water. the water is not flowing like it was there in the video, as it was earlier and that is good news. i guess that is passible at this point. >> it's weird how the storm went. you can talk about -- and find out when i came in. i left the potomac and maryland area and i was seeing what was going in damascus in the air, which is crazy and there was sun shining over my house. i felt like i went through the monsoon and it was sprinkling. >> yeah. >> i started coming to the station and there was nothing. i mean it was really kind of flooding out there. >> and that happening very, very quickly. >> and you state some statistic. i don't know if you have it on the top of your head and how that flash flooding is t
states the drivers over passengers in a very precarious situation. so, i think they were trying to get an officer up there to close it. i was curious to see if matt ackland could tell us. is matt on the phone? i think -- not on the phone anymore, to see if they were able to get the roots closed. you did hear matt saying the road is no clear of the water. the water is not flowing like it was there in the video, as it was earlier and that is good news. i guess that is passible at this point....
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and in the united states senate has been the greatest honor of my public life. >> reporter: republican primary voters in indiana have decided they don't want senator luger to serve a seventh term. they ousted him in favor of the tea party person. >> the democrats coming to the republicans point of view. >> reporter: democrats show their appreciation of luger. the president wrote, quote, while dick and i didn't agree on everything, i found in my time in the senate, he was often willing to reach across the aisle and get things done. luger's loss has men wondering what this means for the makeup of the senate. the dnc chair said that murdoch's win proves the tea party and gop are now one in the same. others argue democrats should be concerned about holding on to their slim senate lead. >> and this is a big win. can murdoch hold the seat in november, and i think he's likely to. >> reporter: in wisconsin, democratic primary voters decided a gubernatorial recall election next month will be a rematch of the 2010 race. while in north carolina, voters passed a constitutional ban on same-sex marr
and in the united states senate has been the greatest honor of my public life. >> reporter: republican primary voters in indiana have decided they don't want senator luger to serve a seventh term. they ousted him in favor of the tea party person. >> the democrats coming to the republicans point of view. >> reporter: democrats show their appreciation of luger. the president wrote, quote, while dick and i didn't agree on everything, i found in my time in the senate, he was often...
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. >>> syria's ambassador is being told to get out of the united states. the u.s. joins others in expelling the syrian diplomats after the syrian government massacred its civilians. tom fitzgerald spent the day at the syrian embassy. what is the reaction? >> reporter: at one point, we were at the syrian embassy today and a woman identified herself as a press representative that came out of the embassy and said there might be statement and never returned this is in direction response to the syrian government-ordered massacre to order 100 of its own people. at the syrian embassy in washington, no one was talking about the obama administration's decision to expel syria's top dip lotma in the u.s. >> and we took this reaction. >> reporter: the state department spokeswoman denounced syrian president assad for the executions of 108 people as part of his crackdown against protestors. >> and that is absolutely indefensible, vial e despebbleable massacre against innocent children, women, shot at point-blank range. >> reporter: the u.n. estimates 9,000 syrians were killed by
. >>> syria's ambassador is being told to get out of the united states. the u.s. joins others in expelling the syrian diplomats after the syrian government massacred its civilians. tom fitzgerald spent the day at the syrian embassy. what is the reaction? >> reporter: at one point, we were at the syrian embassy today and a woman identified herself as a press representative that came out of the embassy and said there might be statement and never returned this is in direction...
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states today. >> reporter: the congressman's attempted intervention on abortion interventioned prompted many city residents to call ironically for more constituents service. >> and i live in the district and i am glad that mr. franks is so into taking care of all of our urban problems. one thing he could do is to continue the federal funding for the metro. >> reporter: eugene kenlow brought a photo of a d.c. pothole. >> and going to be into our d.c. government, he might as well take care of the potholes, to. >> reporter: some came to get him to intervon on confusing parking regulations and many referred to the arizona republicanman as mayor franks. >> and one thing he could do is the anacostia river. it's dirty and needs to be cleaned. i brought the plunger along to bring to him to help plunge the river. >> reporter: and his d.c. office was closed for the day. the house is on recent, though other members' offices were staffed with workers and the protestors tried to leave their ironic suggestions on the door of the congressman's office but capitol police would not allow it. we tried to
states today. >> reporter: the congressman's attempted intervention on abortion interventioned prompted many city residents to call ironically for more constituents service. >> and i live in the district and i am glad that mr. franks is so into taking care of all of our urban problems. one thing he could do is to continue the federal funding for the metro. >> reporter: eugene kenlow brought a photo of a d.c. pothole. >> and going to be into our d.c. government, he might...
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one/3 of women of child bearing age in the united states are, in fact, obese. >> you bring up a good point. the study does not prova thaobesity causes autism but raises the public health aspect of this that we have an obesity problem in our country. >> right york and that is in no way an indictment. it's call to action to monitor your healthcarefully during pregnancy, even if the obesity can't be addressed through diet or medication. certainly, the metabolic levels can be addressed and it's important that people take their prenatal health seriously with their doctor. >> how are you responding or how would you respond to parents new questioning whether their weight lead to -- led to the child's autism? >> and that is a painful gain us parents play and there is little that we know. autism is a puzzle, and there are many pieces to the puzzle. this may not have been my risk factor when my son was born, but it might be someone's risk factor and if we can figure out what the hundred risk factors are lead to autism and figure out why -- had with autism. what is interacting and going on in t
one/3 of women of child bearing age in the united states are, in fact, obese. >> you bring up a good point. the study does not prova thaobesity causes autism but raises the public health aspect of this that we have an obesity problem in our country. >> right york and that is in no way an indictment. it's call to action to monitor your healthcarefully during pregnancy, even if the obesity can't be addressed through diet or medication. certainly, the metabolic levels can be addressed...
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. >> earlier this year, the united states marshal service developed some type of information about where he was living in mexico provided that to mexican law enforcement. it was the mexican authorities that finally captured him. >> now 39, wesley thomasson is back in jail. police left wondering a few things about his time in the mexican resort town. >> he doesn't impress us as an individual who had a whole lot of survival skills. and so he seemed to have some type of source of income that we can't account for. so either someone was helping him or he had another criminal enterprise that we are unaware of. >> and fairfax county police officer, budde walker, says investigators want to know more about what tomasson was doing what he was living at home. >> the detectives are concerned there are other victims out there. if there are other victims, we would welcome them coming guard. >> he was flown from guadalajara to los angeles last month. he was met with detectives and brought back to northern virginia. so far, he's not facing additional charges for being a fugitive for the past 12 years. l
. >> earlier this year, the united states marshal service developed some type of information about where he was living in mexico provided that to mexican law enforcement. it was the mexican authorities that finally captured him. >> now 39, wesley thomasson is back in jail. police left wondering a few things about his time in the mexican resort town. >> he doesn't impress us as an individual who had a whole lot of survival skills. and so he seemed to have some type of source of...
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your votes and your work right here in new hampshire will help me become the next president of the united states. >> reporter: romney, ryan, their families and supporters will make their way to this convention center later this evening and this is where they will watch the return comes in. jennifer davis, fox news. >> and light take it local. voters have key decisions to make. we continue our election coverage now as we follow important races close to home and we begin with karen gray houston who is live in virginia. virginia, is expected to have an important say in the presidential race and could determine which party will control the u.s. senate. >> reporter: this is a polling place with two precincts inside the school. the lake braddock precinct, we're hold the thigh told they have heavy voting most of today and signal hill. let's look at this and that is a festive atmosphere. they have a bake sail and some high school students playing music, chamber music and that tent back there and for voters passing the gauntlet of electioneers out here and we're told they have had few problems, th
your votes and your work right here in new hampshire will help me become the next president of the united states. >> reporter: romney, ryan, their families and supporters will make their way to this convention center later this evening and this is where they will watch the return comes in. jennifer davis, fox news. >> and light take it local. voters have key decisions to make. we continue our election coverage now as we follow important races close to home and we begin with karen...